Nick Saban is a 63-year-old football coach with four BCS national championships in 19 seasons guiding college teams. Jason Garrett is a 49-year-old football coach with one playoff victory in four seasons guiding NFL teams. But they’re not so different, according to Dallas Cowboys middle linebacker Rolando McClain.

With the start of NFL training camps this week, dozens of players have landed on the PUP list. PUP stands for physically unable to perform, and players on the list can’t practice with their teams until cleared by medical staff. The New England Patriots had eight players on their PUP list, but, somewhat surprisingly, linebacker Dont’a Hightower wasn’t one of them.

The Oakland Raiders held their first practice of training camp on Friday in Napa, Calif., but Trent Richardson didn’t participate. Oakland announced the former Alabama All-American had been placed on the non-football injury list.

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